"I get so angry when I feel people pushing a weight-loss agenda," said Linda Bacon, a nutrition at City College of San Francisco and author of "Health at Every Size," a book published last year whose title has become the rallying cry of the fat pride community. "What we're doing in public health care policy is harmful. We give a direct and clear message that there's something wrong with being fat."
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